Skyrim: A Bittersweet Masterpiece

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Today, DJ Peach Cobbler gets nostalgic about Skyrim, and discusses just what made it so special. Skyrim is an incredible and engrossing game, and Todd is holding me hostage please help I'm so scared. Also, I got a facelift, do you like it? I'm nice and pixelated, like Skyrim's graphics without mods. I wonder if people are gonna get mad that I used mods to make Skyrim look better? I mean, it's nearly a decade old, there's nothing wrong with a few (hundred) graphical mods.

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  • @DJPeachCobbler
    @DJPeachCobbler3 жыл бұрын

    Discord: discord.gg/2BB9Tx7

  • @kianurobertson3858

    @kianurobertson3858

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dude, you should 100% play dishonoured if you haven’t yet. In terms of atmosphere, it’s one of the greatest games I’ve ever played. I love your videos man ✊🏼✊🏼🥰

  • @DJPeachCobbler

    @DJPeachCobbler

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kianurobertson3858 @Kianu Robertson I have played it, I just haven't talked about it yet because I just don't have much to say on it other than I found the "good" and "bad" ending thing to sorta blow. It's certainly atmospheric and I enjoyed the gameplay, I just don't have much to say about it I'm glad you like my videos, though!

  • @nenadmilovanovic5271

    @nenadmilovanovic5271

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DJPeachCobbler Will you ever do a video on Enderal? Considering you appreciate skyrim, you might like Enderals attempt to make gameplay and world deeper.

  • @mannman627

    @mannman627

    3 жыл бұрын

    90% of my playthroughs i haven't completed. The best experience I get now is playing the firsts couple of hours.

  • @groyperdiego6549

    @groyperdiego6549

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey can you make a good open world game list? Thank I’m almost finished watching all your videos you are gonna be the next vsauce or something

  • @jmjedi923
    @jmjedi9233 жыл бұрын

    Skyrim is literally a game design around distracting the player Its ADHD, the game

  • @natebit8130

    @natebit8130

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @sadsworth4605

    @sadsworth4605

    3 жыл бұрын

    That with mods makes it even more adhd

  • @The-Devils-Advocate

    @The-Devils-Advocate

    3 жыл бұрын

    Double ADHD if you have it

  • @andrazprelec8263

    @andrazprelec8263

    2 жыл бұрын

    skyrim: ADHD edition, comming to XBOX360X1X on april 5th 2034

  • @crazybunny1134

    @crazybunny1134

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking that i was playing Bad when i didnt dew anything other than walking and messing up the Game Now i know is normal with skyrim

  • @davoinshowerhandle3302
    @davoinshowerhandle33023 жыл бұрын

    The only way to play skyrim - Pick a direction and start walking.

  • @michaelgrant6899

    @michaelgrant6899

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you don't have Inigo then you still aren't playing Skyrim right.

  • @lushe4783

    @lushe4783

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelgrant6899 fact

  • @Kamixazia

    @Kamixazia

    3 жыл бұрын

    True not the same whiout him.

  • @FaithLuvUnbroken

    @FaithLuvUnbroken

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelgrant6899 no please I don’t want to be sucked back in

  • @kendarius123458

    @kendarius123458

    3 жыл бұрын

    Upisnotjump

  • @magentuspriest
    @magentuspriest3 жыл бұрын

    Damn. That last quote made me tear up. "Skyrim is a bittersweet masterpiece because I'd do anything to feel the unexpected adventure again"

  • @holzteppichverleger

    @holzteppichverleger

    3 жыл бұрын

    Smoke a bowl, then play... helps a little

  • @josephibarra943

    @josephibarra943

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fr him saying how it's unforgettable yet he'd want to forget to just experience that feeling again is so relatable

  • @zamap4278

    @zamap4278

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@holzteppichverleger also load up on mods and you got a brand new game

  • @pawala7

    @pawala7

    3 жыл бұрын

    To many of us old-timers, Skyrim was the refresh that rekindled the experience of wonder that was Oblivion.

  • @madran7584

    @madran7584

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@holzteppichverleger jzargo agrees. dat ganja better dan the skooma I got from my homeland.

  • @KekkanSeihin
    @KekkanSeihin3 жыл бұрын

    "An open world isn't just about being able to go anywhere, it's about wanting to go anywhere." Damn man, you nailed it right on the head!

  • @grapy83

    @grapy83

    Жыл бұрын

    Excatly! I never knew why I wanted Open world games and this man described clearly why:)

  • @Rainbowhawk1993
    @Rainbowhawk19933 жыл бұрын

    Despite everything, I can’t bring myself to hate Bethesda like everyone does. Skyrim and Fallout 3 were two of the major games that shaped my life when I officially got into gaming after I got my own laptop when I started college. Also BioShock and Mass Effect were major players too.

  • @DJPeachCobbler

    @DJPeachCobbler

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bethesda just knows how how to make an open world like no other. I'm honestly surprised I haven't made a Bioshock video yet.

  • @Assassin5671000

    @Assassin5671000

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Tronam Sure but we shouldn't let them get away with unfinished or watered down products if you like there games sometimes the best thing to do is criticize their unfinished product and spend your good money elsewhere

  • @SteCollects

    @SteCollects

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don’t think we hate Bethesda. We’re just angry because we know they can do better, they’ve proven they can.

  • @DixNormus

    @DixNormus

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Tronam I can’t wait for a BGS world on next gen. Starfield is going to make Todd Howard a legendary game director. If they manage to capture the exploration that every other game from Morrowind to even Fallout 76 had and make it in a space setting, that game is going to be insane, simply because both Fallout and the Elder Scrolls limit what you can explore. In one, you’re in a medieval fantasy world, so naturally you go with a lot of thugs, monsters and Sorcerers. Fallout does much of the same, but with mutated animals and differently equipped humans and the occasional weird occurrence like the Mothership Zeta DLC. Space is literally limitless, they can do whatever they want.

  • @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149

    @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149

    3 жыл бұрын

    One doesn't have to sacrifice their love for a game Bethesda made in the past to dislike their current decisions and the state of the company. Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim are great, and they always will be. There's nothing wrong with separating the art from the artists, however.

  • @nomercy8989
    @nomercy89893 жыл бұрын

    I played Skyrim for about 2 hours in 2020. 9 years after I last played it. And I forgot about a lot of the places I have been to. I explored the starting area and somehow walked up a mountain where there was this huge snow storm. I managed to find some kind of tower so I went in to hide. There was some enemies and at the end I found some secret passage that went even deeper. There was a vampire dude waiting for me to die trying to get trough his fight pit.

  • @tonyxavin7997

    @tonyxavin7997

    3 жыл бұрын

    same thing here i remember playing skyrim 9 years ago at the age of 6 i would stumble across giants just to discover the nord space program and i would lure them to any tower i would find and shoot them with a bow while they are stuck in the door frame its a memory that i will never forget

  • @AD-lh3jk

    @AD-lh3jk

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tonyxavin7997 kinda necroing this comment, but did you actually played Skyrim at age 6? Was it not confusing to navigate at that age? Given that it’s an explorative RPG and not as straightforward of a game?

  • @shane4147
    @shane41473 жыл бұрын

    This vid is definitely appreciated among all the, "why critically acclaimed game X is terrible and you should feel bad for liking it" which seems to be a trend among videos discussing Skyrim. Also, appreciate how you can make a vid with a central point/theme instead of being 4 hours of rambling about every minor aspect of a game. Congrats on a thousand subs and keep up the great work.

  • @DJPeachCobbler

    @DJPeachCobbler

    3 жыл бұрын

    I like to have a central thesis in a video, although my next one's gonna be a broader look at the Bioshock franchise. But yeah, I think Skyrim hit that level of popularity where it became cool to hate it, and of course, that adventure is gone for those who did like it. Thanks for the congratulations, y'alls feedback and support it always great

  • @zzodysseuszz

    @zzodysseuszz

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DJPeachCobbler when something is big enough it creates a larger dichotomy

  • @aaronmizener2292

    @aaronmizener2292

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think the idea that the people complaining about Skyrim is a four hour ramble is made up in your head mate. I've seen a few of them including why Morrowind is bad and why my beloved Oblivion isn't as good. All those people have a clear flow for the most part and break the game down. But I do give credit to this guy for defending Skyrim. In my opinion it's a fun and pretty game just not a good elder scrolls game. It is however, a very good action game with minor RPG elements.

  • @ginogatash4030

    @ginogatash4030

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well it was inevitable, the reason it became popular to hate Skyrim is because the shallowness of its mechanics and re-releases have sucked the mystery and feeling of adventure out of the game. It's like the cacke face man said, "when you remove the open world and its mysteries you're left with a shallow action RPG with a dumb story and shitty combat" many criticize the whole Elder Scrolls series for being too big and not having the focus to develop meaningfully fleshed out mechanics abd experiences, with the more recent titles getting more accessible and shallow as the map gets bigger, and while sheer size is Bethesda's greatest weakness it's also their strength, exploring Skyrim for the first time is what draws people in, because being left in the dark about what you'll find when exploring the world is what gives the game its sense of adventure, which is why absolutely no one gives a shit about the main story of Skyrim, but if you already know what's gonna happen all you're left with is your memory of the first time you encountered this mission, and the game's mechanics, which, as we've already established, are sorely lacking in Skyrim. There are many valid criticism to make at Skyrim, but many of these trendy "Bethesda was never good" videos fail to see what made their games so successful in the first place, and unfortunately, so does Bethesda, their success with Skyrim blinded them to the glaring issues that hold their games back from their true potential, they have a great formula but they aren't improving it, in fact they're getting worse. Bethesda's Fallout for example, the world still looks like when the bombs just exploded even if its meant to have passed hundreds of years since then, no one is trying to build homes or even just clean the place where they live, it looks more like a post apocalyptic themed amusement park than a harsh environment where people are trying to survive, the diversity of the different countries/states is also very lacking, everywhere and everything looks the same, has the same culture, and even fauna and environment no matter where you are in the world, the detail in the world and the stories is a serious step down from what Interplay and Obsidian were able to accomplish with the series, and while those games will also lose their sense of adventure once you complete them, they'll always have their stories and worlds to keep the player coming back, Fallout 3, 4, and especially 76 have nothing to offer once you've explored the map thoroughly, because to them Fallout is just Elder Scrolls with guns and 50's music and esthetic, even tho the first 2 games were retro futuristic and not just, "this guy looks like a 50's pop culture stereotype! how quirky!". Jesus christ that was a long ass essay, sorry for the Fallout tangent too.

  • @bedrockcastle777

    @bedrockcastle777

    2 жыл бұрын

    Can you provide an example of a video that talks about "why critically acclaimed game X is terrible and you should feel bad for liking it"? I just want to know if you can think of any.

  • @kingjules8744
    @kingjules87443 жыл бұрын

    "What makes Skyrim a Bittersweet Masterpiece was that it's an unforgettable game, "Yet one that I desperately want to forget. "Because I'd give anything to feel that adventure again."

  • @esqueleto2252

    @esqueleto2252

    2 жыл бұрын

    Every time I come back to this video that line hits harder

  • @johnherrera5261

    @johnherrera5261

    2 жыл бұрын

    Big world empty game

  • @FinneousPJ1

    @FinneousPJ1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why so many quotation marks lol

  • @leichtgesalzener-kabeljaurogge

    @leichtgesalzener-kabeljaurogge

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@FinneousPJ1 the real question here

  • @theitalianpizza8457

    @theitalianpizza8457

    2 жыл бұрын

    that quote connected to me like a Siamese twin

  • @rentablescroll6207
    @rentablescroll62073 жыл бұрын

    That last line hit me too hard. "Id give anything to feel that adventure again."

  • @holzteppichverleger

    @holzteppichverleger

    3 жыл бұрын

    Smoke a bowl, then play... helps a little

  • @sanuku535
    @sanuku5353 жыл бұрын

    "difference between an activity and an adventure" "Following instructions is not an adventure, a to do list is not an odysey" *"The adventure is defined by an unexpected"* Now. I have been enlightened.

  • @thatlonzoguy

    @thatlonzoguy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Which is why wow has been dead since they added quest tracking on mini map

  • @aarishbaig
    @aarishbaig3 жыл бұрын

    Holy fuck dragonfable, what an absolute legend of a game.

  • @peanutbutter9345

    @peanutbutter9345

    3 жыл бұрын

    I remember playing the shit out of that game, and the last time I played it was literally the same day I got skyrim like 7 years ago

  • @subarashii8881

    @subarashii8881

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@peanutbutter9345 Well, maybe you should try playing it again, it's still being updated every single week with new content, and believe me, it not only has matured a lot, it has improved dozens of times what it was a decade ago, definitely worth a try!

  • @crabtime2116

    @crabtime2116

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dragon fable was pretty lit back in the day.

  • @georgekostaras
    @georgekostaras3 жыл бұрын

    Video game reviews don’t normally make me tear up a bit. But I felt the nostalgia

  • @onlinekicker
    @onlinekicker3 жыл бұрын

    "It conquered the world by filling it's own game world with secrets. But they're not secret any more". I felt that. Been building a world for my DnD campaign lately, and I'm using this exact strategy :D

  • @nestormentoso8707

    @nestormentoso8707

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same, i just convince my players to do a 200miles travel, and have unique encounters prepared, i like to make them find towns, ruins and other stuff that are not in the map. They are having a lot of fun, and i think it's better that way than the old "go to kill the lich and get the gold"

  • @misterspaceman9563

    @misterspaceman9563

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm literally building a super open world campaign right now with this method. I literally just have a stack of encounters written out and I'm prepared to add them in interchangeably with different CR enemies depending on what mood I think the game needs. One of my PCs commented that the world and all seemed bare bones, and I had to remind him that 90% of it is set to private. Sure I have an overarching hook but I want people to have the chance to explore until I feel that hook is ready to mature.

  • @crassiewassie8354

    @crassiewassie8354

    Жыл бұрын

    @@misterspaceman9563 one of my first campaigns was this exactly and it worked out terrifically

  • @GMoneyChuck89
    @GMoneyChuck893 жыл бұрын

    Skyrim: Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle.

  • @dylana.9057

    @dylana.9057

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nah . That's fallout 4 👀

  • @nenadmilovanovic5271

    @nenadmilovanovic5271

    3 жыл бұрын

    But that is kind of the point, isn't it? Anyone can boot it up and have their own fantasy adventure. It is possible to make it deeper in the same engine (Enderal did exactly that), but they chose not to. And it worked, everyone and their grandma played skyrim.

  • @TKOS96

    @TKOS96

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, not much of an explorer or a larper myself, hence why I just stopped enjoying the game at one point. But it was nice while it was still mesmerizing.

  • @handsomeboi3767

    @handsomeboi3767

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Tronam yeah but it adds on the enjoyment

  • @handsomeboi3767

    @handsomeboi3767

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@silovitipanj4958 I don’t want a deep game I want a game that has a good story to keep interested Not a game made for retards

  • @initialparody2521
    @initialparody25213 жыл бұрын

    We need more “faffing about, The Game” Games these days Sigh

  • @DJPeachCobbler

    @DJPeachCobbler

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Faffing about." Reminds me of Yahtzee from Zero Punctuation. Faffing about is certainly underrated

  • @initialparody2521

    @initialparody2521

    3 жыл бұрын

    DJ Peach Cobbler I believe it is, I watched his work back in the day but I don’t keep up anymore. Great video man, you make an excellent point and funnily enough, I feel the same way. About Oblivion. Heresy I know.

  • @jordanrose8443
    @jordanrose84433 жыл бұрын

    The nostalgia hitting really hard with this one. I was at a pretty dark time in my life when Skyrim came out originally, and I had a PC that could barely run it. But, play it I did, and I loved it for precisely the same reasons. It was such an escape for me, the enjoyment of adventuring, just traveling from place to place and exploring. No other game has been able to really replicate that since, and I'm afraid Bethesda will have a hard time recreating it with the next TES game, if they even bother to try. Nothing they've released since has come even remotely close, so I'm no longer optimistic. I didn't mind that the combat was awful and repetitive, or that my sneak/archer build was incredibly overpowered, or that the animations were shit, or really any of the other flaws because it was so satisfying to walk around and explore and take in the environment.

  • @RealUlrichLeland

    @RealUlrichLeland

    2 жыл бұрын

    Breath of the wild is the closest I've gotten to the feeling of Skyrim. When I first played it I didn't know what people meant by that comparison because they're very different games, the world building, questing and mechanics are so incomparable. But after finishing it I realised botw managed to catch that feeling of walking in a random direction and going on an adventure in a giant wilderness, because I had the same feeling of wishing I could forget the secrets I'd found and discover that world again. But even then, the Zelda universe just isn't as interesting to me as tes and I miss a proper character creator. Bethesda really is the only company making their own style of games, red dead, the Witcher etc. are just not trying to be that pure exploration focused build your own story rpg

  • @theguyrightthere9056
    @theguyrightthere90563 жыл бұрын

    Dude that ending was so on point and relatable, and that music, god I loved that music so much when I first heard it exploring in the night

  • @jonheart8625

    @jonheart8625

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nearly brought tears

  • @UrsineArms
    @UrsineArms3 жыл бұрын

    My nostalgia for skyrim is back when I was living at my grandpas, it was a farm, I had never played console games before, my grandpa had an xbox and skyrim, and when I got finished with my barn chores I got to play it, I was like idk, 13

  • @magentuspriest

    @magentuspriest

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha your grandpa was cool

  • @cptmachine
    @cptmachine3 жыл бұрын

    That last line was perfection. I’ve tried to complete Skyrim a second time and never could do it and you’ve summed up in words what my brain was telling me.

  • @dreamymaccready2287
    @dreamymaccready22873 жыл бұрын

    man hearing dragonfable mentioned hit me like a truck before the video even really started.

  • @Darkaan13
    @Darkaan133 жыл бұрын

    Bruh that last sentence just hit me right up there close and personnal, how dare you attack me like that !! No seriously I love your stuff the KZread algorithm blessed me with your weird channel keep up the amazing work.

  • @Hammer56Time
    @Hammer56Time3 жыл бұрын

    The getting side tracked trying to go to Solitude is literally the perfect encapsulation of what makes Skyrim so much fun.

  • @nathanh291
    @nathanh2913 жыл бұрын

    I remember when I was around 8-10years old having a sleepover with my cousin where I watched him play Skyrim till 5am in the morning and I was infatuated. Watching him walk from riften to the greybeards and seeing as all sorts of enemies and potential side quest popped up was amazing and I was begging my mom to get me the game the next day. It was my first big Xbox game and I remember how clueless I was as a kid to the point where I was 3/4ths of the way through the game before discovering the save and quick save feature by complete mistake (thank god my cousin turned down the difficulty to novice without telling me or I would’ve been completely fucked) in retrospect, part of me almost wishes I could forget the game completely and play it again without zero prior knowledge so I could appreciate the story more and understand some of the quest lines more clearly, but the pure feeling of adventure mixed with the immense curiosity of a child made it such a profound experience.every emotion the game invoked felt so real and tense, I remember when I went into the haunted house in markarth and the voice started to shout things while the screen shakes i actually got scared and stopped playing for like 2 months before mustering up the courage to power through it lmao. This feeling felt so magical that it still remains my favourite game to this day despite only ever doing one extremely clumsy play through. And as you mention at the end, I would do anything to be able to experience the raw sense of adventure it gave child me again. I hope when I soon try for the 10th time to sit down and get invested into the game I can get into it without only killing the first dragon then never touching my save for 6 months. I feel as though there a plenty of secrets I never seen or have simply forgotten that experiences for the first time so many years later would make that play through I did so many years ago complete.

  • @orestmarkheva7325
    @orestmarkheva73253 жыл бұрын

    7 months too late but where is my Oblivion crowd at?

  • @jefverstraete8574

    @jefverstraete8574

    3 жыл бұрын

    CHEEEEESE, FOR EEEVVVERYONE.

  • @martymcmeme5362

    @martymcmeme5362

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gang

  • @gramble968

    @gramble968

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Zachary H. Morrowinds great

  • @orestmarkheva7325

    @orestmarkheva7325

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Zachary H. I hadn't had a chance to play it yet. At some point I will get it

  • @wariyoshidirector
    @wariyoshidirector3 жыл бұрын

    Every time I replay Skyrim I find new content I've never seen before. I've completed the main questlines and the other major questlines (Winterhold, Brotherhood, Thieves Guild, etc) more times than I can count but I only do them to get better gear. It's running around the world and finding some new cave with a new quest that I've never done before that's amazing. Coming out of my comfort zone and specializing in a new combat tactic or doing some new, arbitrary challenge. Skyrim is so ridiculously replayable that you can always come back to it no matter what's going on in your life to have a good time and I think that's beautiful. It's been my constant companion through the last decade.

  • @silverscalederg8632

    @silverscalederg8632

    3 жыл бұрын

    The main quest line is fucked up. you're telling me a god told you to kill his first born to "save the world" but the reason you're kiling him is he didn't eat the world fast enough...then tells you you're "dragonborn" but forbids you from siding with the dragons, but also says each one you kill...you devour their soul. like if you say im playing dragonborn i'm not gonna side with no god damn humans

  • @manboy4720
    @manboy47203 жыл бұрын

    cus it's a bittersweet masterpiece that's life.

  • @coltinyancey6420
    @coltinyancey64203 жыл бұрын

    I never got into Skyrim, but can relate to this videos message. For me I was Dark Souls. The intense investigations of new areas filled with unknown dangers, the crushing defeats into heroic triumphs, and the stories of each. I remember clearing the undead berg room by room, losing to a crestfallen knight I betrayed, falling through the floor into the ax welding black knight, maiming a wolf to raid his masters grave, Ornsteins first blitzing charge followed by Smoughs hammer, the swamp, and many more. I too would love to forget the entire game just to play it again. Thats the mark of a great game. Also Patches can die on sight.

  • @TrippyfromKonoha
    @TrippyfromKonoha2 жыл бұрын

    The craziest thing is that Elden Ring has a similar effect, I love the Souls games but Elden Ring in particular gave me the same feeling I had playing Skyrim the first time and I didn’t really know how to explain it but this video kinda put that feeling into words. It’s just the feeling of not knowing what’s gonna happen at every turn and discovering things that you never would have if you just played the story. In short I love Skyrim and always will no matter what just because it was just like for the you the first game that really opened my eyes to what gaming is and I love Elden Ring because it shows me what gaming could be.

  • @7rhymes599

    @7rhymes599

    Жыл бұрын

    I think the things they took from their other games helped with this. You had no marker, you had no map, you just had the vague lines from NPCs on where you could go next. Dark Souls 1 told you at first that there were two bells; One above and one below. Get to it. Dark Souls 2 told you that there are the four Old Ones, but they never tell you which ones to fight first. You can go down and fight The Rotten before the Lost Sinner, you can make your way straight to The Old Iron King, or completely ignore The Duke's Dear Freja because I hate spiders! Dark Souls 3 drops you in this world and yes, you can head to Prince Lothric or do Yhorm before Aldrich. Plus just the side areas you're never told about. How you can go back to the Undead Asylum, which has been taken over by a small group of Black Knights, how you can access these optional memories of a war that's passed to see how it played out and experience it for yourself, or even this land ruled by a King's removed son who's lost his name and tamed a dragon! You don't find these things because of a marker telling you to. You find them by exploring the world and seeing what it has to offer. It all fits in with the storytelling of these games as well. Nothing is objectively told to you. There isn't a character who will tell you something without their own personality mixing with it, along with their own bias taking hold. The items tell the truth but not the people.

  • @92JoseR
    @92JoseR3 жыл бұрын

    Skyrim will forever hold a spot in my heart. I have never been so immersed in anything. It was my first RPG in this category. I played other games with better stories like The Witcher 3 and it's DLCs. But in terms of immersion it did not compare.

  • @Pwophet_of_Twuth
    @Pwophet_of_Twuth2 жыл бұрын

    Love Skyrim to death, played the ever loving shit out of it during high school on my 360. Once I got a proper gaming pc I sunk another couple hundred hours. Can’t bring myself to play it anymore, no amount of mods can change the fact I’ve done everything. It’s one of the few games that I’d love to forget and re-experience. Update in Nov 2022- Aged like milk, I still can’t get enough of Skyrim.

  • @luitennant06

    @luitennant06

    2 жыл бұрын

    same ;-;

  • @pirat9750

    @pirat9750

    4 ай бұрын

    Currently also dug out Skyrim after a years long break. Pumped it full of mods and I haven't loved a game this much in a while on a simple fun level

  • @pirat9750

    @pirat9750

    4 ай бұрын

    Tldr: they fucking got us again

  • @duckmaster5512
    @duckmaster55122 жыл бұрын

    Bruh, the quests are awesome, and there is a crazy amount of lore

  • @noeipas3943
    @noeipas39433 жыл бұрын

    To anybody who would want to experience the feeling of adventure when playing Skyrim for the first time again, play Enderal! It uses Skyrims engine but has it's own story, world and characters that have nothing to do with Skyrim. It's also not as shallow story and character wise, has some cool new mechanics and is criminally underrated.

  • @Drippsable
    @Drippsable3 жыл бұрын

    This video was super well produced and entertaining. It's been so long since I've played Skyrim, but oh the memories!

  • @leezyrax7359
    @leezyrax73592 жыл бұрын

    To me Skyrim was the first ever game I played on my Pc back in 2014 and I will never forget it I legit only played Skyrim for like 2 years on my Pc I spent weeks during hot summers discovering what was hiding behind each mountain the game has ( and it has a shit ton ) and even today sometimes i'll just start a new charachter play 20-30 hours and realise it will never feel the same as before but still... I will keep doing so because it holds a place so special in my heart... almors 600 hours later into the game I still consider it as my favourite game of all time because to me this game has so much to offer even after multiples playthroughs that I think i'll never be able to forget it

  • @philliphawkins7554
    @philliphawkins75542 ай бұрын

    Not only is adventuring and the environmental story telling one of a kind in Skyrim, but the Elder Scrolls lore is just in a realm of its own for video games. The way all the games reference each other through events to tie into the overarching timeline is something we’ll probably never get from another game title. It’s mind blowing how interconnected the series is.

  • @hp2102.
    @hp2102.3 жыл бұрын

    woooow those last few lines rang so true, just stumbled on your channel and now im just binging, great content!

  • @theyallsay
    @theyallsay3 жыл бұрын

    the music in this game is also just great! The music almost always matches the surrounding perfectly and helps you to feel like you are in the game and not just playing it...

  • @MrCarrotCake
    @MrCarrotCake3 жыл бұрын

    Mr. cobbler keep up the great work and thank you for these amazing videos that have helped me cope with a lot of problems that have been popping up. I wish you the best of luck delicious desert

  • @DJPeachCobbler

    @DJPeachCobbler

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hope you're ok, I'm sorry you've been dealing with a lot of problems. I love making these videos, so I'd be making them even if no one was watching, but I'm glad you enjoy them. Best of luck to you

  • @MrCarrotCake

    @MrCarrotCake

    3 жыл бұрын

    DJ Peach Cobbler thank you man, you are by far my favorite channel on here. Just keep doing what you love and it will get you places, I can tell you are destined to be big. Maybe not now but I can tell.

  • @majortastic
    @majortastic2 жыл бұрын

    That line at the the end there really hit me in the feels

  • @chaklun8553
    @chaklun85533 жыл бұрын

    You almost made me cry at the end. Thank you for this video!

  • @filipevasconcelos4409
    @filipevasconcelos44093 жыл бұрын

    Dragon Fable. Good to see that it was, actually, a game and not a figment of my imagination, because NO ONE talks about it

  • @mr.cup6yearsago211

    @mr.cup6yearsago211

    3 жыл бұрын

    I once saw someone named Drakath on Town of Salem, like, two years ago, and that’s the only time I’ve ever seen Dragonfable talked about outside of its own subreddit.

  • @subarashii8881

    @subarashii8881

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mr.cup6yearsago211 It has a discord with some thounsands of people too tho

  • @mr.cup6yearsago211

    @mr.cup6yearsago211

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@subarashii8881 oh, neat!

  • @dallaszzz
    @dallaszzz3 жыл бұрын

    damn this channel is growing and its great that it is cus its good

  • @conormartin3757
    @conormartin37572 жыл бұрын

    So true and that bit of secunda at the end just hits me right in the nostalgia, always.

  • @thatracc
    @thatracc2 жыл бұрын

    what I love about games like skyrim and fallout is that while playing, the most fun thing is discovery and the best part about those discovery is telling your friends of your adventures because these games truly make great stories to tell.

  • @cefirodewinter9086
    @cefirodewinter90863 жыл бұрын

    Give me a game developer studio and I will replicate that magic, I've spent too much time of my life designing a game to replicate exactly that feeling... Now after all this years I realized I might have wasted all of this time, with a perfect game that lives only in my mind...

  • @justinsanity501
    @justinsanity5013 жыл бұрын

    Every day I wake up and wish I could forget this game so I could experience playing it for the first time again.

  • @skye-yn5nk
    @skye-yn5nk3 жыл бұрын

    I love skyrim but all the adventure and mystery is gone, you summed it up perfectly! Great video!!!

  • @jehutyinp
    @jehutyinp3 жыл бұрын

    I've been lowkey binging all your videos cause finally its someone who gets it!

  • @kasparzubarev
    @kasparzubarev3 жыл бұрын

    Oh dang, that was such an accurate description of how I played Fallout 4 without saving for 3 hours and accidentally dying to a bear I was jumping around with a bolt rifle for 15 minutes. I am 21 and enjoy playing games/watching series that give me the feel of exploring and adventurers... Wait why did I watch half of the videos on this channel?!

  • @felixthinks351
    @felixthinks351 Жыл бұрын

    your example at the begining was so scary to me as just 10 minutes ago i went through those exact locations holy **** that's trippy

  • @adeldell8275
    @adeldell82753 жыл бұрын

    what a beautiful video, love the way you end it aswell.

  • @7thchamp658
    @7thchamp6583 жыл бұрын

    Damn somebody else remembers Dragonfable?

  • @DJPeachCobbler

    @DJPeachCobbler

    3 жыл бұрын

    There aren't many of us left.

  • @sn0ke397

    @sn0ke397

    3 жыл бұрын

    DUUDE YESSS too bad for the dragon amulets tho D:

  • @vbracks9366
    @vbracks93662 жыл бұрын

    Simply what Elden Ring is A masterpiece

  • @earthbrother4549
    @earthbrother45493 жыл бұрын

    Bro, this video made me subscribe. You put into words exactly why I love this game so much. I have more than 5000 hours on this game. And the last line "It's an unforgettable game, but one I desperately want to forget" I can relate so hard to this. I just want to put this game away for years and when I'm like 80 years I would pick it up again and play it. Hopefully I will have forgotten some stuff although I think mostly everything is burned into my brain.

  • @lukky6648
    @lukky66482 жыл бұрын

    0:36 Never heard something so relatable from any other Game analysis KZreadr

  • @RayVa0
    @RayVa03 жыл бұрын

    I've never heard Skyrim described this way im sold.

  • @DJPeachCobbler

    @DJPeachCobbler

    3 жыл бұрын

    Todd is pleased with your $60 sacrifice

  • @RayVa0

    @RayVa0

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DJPeachCobbler a small price to pay for salvation

  • @codepizza6850
    @codepizza68503 жыл бұрын

    Well if you're looking for a new adventure game metro exodus is a good pick. It's immersive, not to complicated and rather grim.

  • @cowlin5051

    @cowlin5051

    3 жыл бұрын

    Personally I didn't really like exodus. The joy of the metro series for me comes from the claustrophobic atmosphere and that just disappeared as soon as it was open world.

  • @baconaterlover5399

    @baconaterlover5399

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes but it does suffer from the points of interest problem discussed in this video

  • @Vypren

    @Vypren

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exodus was made out to be amazing. I thought yes. This is what I want to experience in a metro game but turns out then only time I actually felt like playing a metro game was in the last two missions. And by that point it was too late, I didn’t even care anymore. Halfway through I couldn’t help but ask myself, out loud even, why am I playing a Far Cry. I love Far Cry. But I also love Metro. And they don’t mix and never should have.

  • @Mathias-bz2kr

    @Mathias-bz2kr

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Vypren i haven't played the other metro games, but i found metro dissapointing from a exploration perspective and others, it seems be a story driven console game(clunky and long animations, streamlined navigation, no alternative routes exept the first 2 hours, really bad in the forest part) why can i look at the tsar fish house but not enter it, oh i have to do this cutscene. Enemies are just bullet sponges at higher difficoulty. it feels like the gameplay was highlighted at the expense of the storytelling, which is the vocal point. It feels like a shitty wolfenstein the new collosus which i find be a unfair doom 2016 in gameplay.

  • @jhallo1851
    @jhallo18513 жыл бұрын

    So glad I found you. You make some great content. God bless you!

  • @spencerharmon681
    @spencerharmon6813 жыл бұрын

    Bruh. I feel you at the end there. 1000 hrs what I wouldn't give to experience it again

  • @c.b.5104
    @c.b.51042 жыл бұрын

    This was made before Elden Ring

  • @frm8761
    @frm87613 жыл бұрын

    The unexpected is why every battle Royale is more fascinating before you know the whole map

  • @Will-od1gm
    @Will-od1gm2 жыл бұрын

    9:50 this one skyrim exploration song makes me shed a tear to this day. i was 12 when skyrim came out 10 years ago. in that entire decade leading up to now nothing has even come close to filling me with that same spirit of adventure. when i hear that song it brings me back to being in middle school, discovering a cave for the first time completely by accident. going to school the next day and telling my friends (who also played skyrim) about this cool spell i found. it makes you feel so many things simply by dropping you into the world and telling you, go play. thank you so much for this video. (yes i know this is like a year old vid but i just discovered it today)

  • @jonnil1997
    @jonnil19973 жыл бұрын

    Totally right, Skyrim was never about the big questline, its about the small adventures and secrets you just stumble upon. But I do think people underate how well Skyrim handled RPG sense of creating a character as you play. The way your character becomes good at what you focus on and your playstyle is masterfull, one of the best aspects is starting a game and thinking about what your character will become.

  • @user-gn4sb6ck1k
    @user-gn4sb6ck1k11 ай бұрын

    Finnaly somone who understands what the game was about

  • @friendalex7384
    @friendalex73842 жыл бұрын

    This Elden Ring clone looks fun

  • @WaffleCake
    @WaffleCake2 жыл бұрын

    I think this encapsulates more precisely than any other video I've seen what made Skyrim so magical that first time playing--that and probably the Angry Joe review.

  • @benjackson9328
    @benjackson93283 жыл бұрын

    You pour your soul into these videos man and it's 100% worth it

  • @MaximusOverhead
    @MaximusOverhead3 жыл бұрын

    First time I played Skyrim, it ended with a 157-hour save file. Tried playing it again, and sadly the magic is gone the sense of wonder is stripped because you've experienced everything the game loses something for sure.

  • @ShadaOfAllThings
    @ShadaOfAllThings3 жыл бұрын

    "What's left?" A story that struggles to stay away from the most interesting parts of the game's lore. A series of meaningless choices and straight forward murderspree quests. The elevation of one of the people who did a number on RPG gaming in the modern era.

  • @sonkeschmidt2027

    @sonkeschmidt2027

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm not too bothered about it but good lord... If Skyrim had managed to pull out old BioWare level of storytelling... Just imagine that =)

  • @ShadaOfAllThings

    @ShadaOfAllThings

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sonkeschmidt2027 I'm sorry are we all still pretending that Bioware does good roleplaying/storytelling elements?

  • @sonkeschmidt2027

    @sonkeschmidt2027

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ShadaOfAllThings no we know that for a fact that they did because we look at the best games they have done. =)

  • @TheGreatDanish

    @TheGreatDanish

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sonkeschmidt2027 Bioware has one good rpg and its Dragon Age: Origins. There is about as much nuance in Kotor or Mass effect as there's nutritional value in a cardboard box because binary morality systems, no matter how much you try, are inherently simple. There's only ever three options, and you dont think about them. You just match your color and move on. Baldur's Gate 2, the game us old fucks tout as the best RPG of all time is a poorly written mess in which you get your own love child as an inventory item after you bang the teenage coded manic pixie dream girl elf with a traumatic backstory. Jade Empire is... ok. I like it. BUT its a shallow pulp mess that relies entirely on a shitty twist that anyone familiar with Hong Kong cinima or Wu Xia will see coming from a mile and a half. Lets not even go over the utter nightmare of shitty mmo game design that Inquisition is. Or what ever the fuck happened with Dragon Age 2. Bioware makes *bad* rpgs where the RP is which shitty 3d model do you kiss at the end of the game 90% of the time.

  • @grapy83
    @grapy83 Жыл бұрын

    EXCELLENT and Impressive video! Glad I found this channel.

  • @BadManN_TheBushes
    @BadManN_TheBushes3 жыл бұрын

    That 🏹 slow motion camera to the head shots were rich and I liked the dark brotherhood quests 😆 the intro music made me want to rage and listen to rage music and jump(smash) through wooden(slats weak)(yet still wood) privacy fences like I did as a teen..the Civil War was chill too

  • @mergame6295
    @mergame62953 жыл бұрын

    I have a rule that If I love a game I need to wait at least 2 years until I can play it again so that I can forget some of the stuff and experience it for the first time again. not to say that It entirely removes the feeling of knowing everything but it makes the life of the game last longer for me.

  • @theframe100

    @theframe100

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh yea that's a good one. Though of course how well it works (or how long you have to wait between replaying it) varies from person to person. I've played a bit of skyrim again a couple of times over the years, and sometimes I found myself remembering something only when I was halfway done with it, and that's still an awesome experience.

  • @Hotshot2k4
    @Hotshot2k42 жыл бұрын

    Skyrim is elevated by its amazing soundtrack, and that's the one thing the base game has going for it that makes it worth revisiting 10+ years later.

  • @cafi1999217
    @cafi19992172 жыл бұрын

    i think one of the most overlooked aspects of skyrim is its sound design. its not the most beautiful, clearer, perfect etc but there´s just something about every sound in that game... from the opening screen chants to the peaceful music in the forest to the combat music to every animal and npc voice/sound, there´s just something so intriguing and... nostalgic, like you said, about it

  • @thisaintitchief36
    @thisaintitchief363 жыл бұрын

    Damn, this video unironically was nostalgic as hell. Great vid.

  • @walk-monkey
    @walk-monkey3 жыл бұрын

    Skyrim is like the harry potter movies of games. It has tons of issues, but it's fun and cozy and has a great soundtrack.

  • @quantum_ogre

    @quantum_ogre

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm going to steal this quote for future RPG chatting.

  • @Rigel_6

    @Rigel_6

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree... but the soundtrack could'e been bigger. It's like 1,5 hours of music stretched over hundreds of hours of playtime, to the point I actually disdain it now. Heard it too many times

  • @SpyderCoPlatforms
    @SpyderCoPlatforms Жыл бұрын

    Hey guess what... you're not 23 anymore; your 25 😎

  • @uhbaoifuhoiafj456
    @uhbaoifuhoiafj4562 жыл бұрын

    Its just thw whole package. The rememberable places, the npc´s the landscape and freedome that you have and this soundtrack with that I can instantly recognize ITS SKYRIM SOUNDTRACK.

  • @kutkuknight
    @kutkuknight3 жыл бұрын

    2 minutes in and you have me hooked! Same age as you and feel nostalgic just the same, but I could never be so eloquent

  • @SolidReader
    @SolidReader3 жыл бұрын

    Im pretty sure that I have >1 terabyte of mods.

  • @DJPeachCobbler

    @DJPeachCobbler

    3 жыл бұрын

    I actually deactivated quite a few for this video because I wanted to just limit it to graphical mods. But yeah, there's some really great stuff. If you have Skyrim VR, I highly recommend "The Courier is Now a Frostbite Spider" which gives me a heart attack every time. It's great.

  • @mayonnaise2396

    @mayonnaise2396

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why do you have an ascended pyromancy flame as your profile picture?

  • @SolidReader

    @SolidReader

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mayonnaise2396 The Flames! THE FLAMES!

  • @AraiiarA
    @AraiiarA3 жыл бұрын

    Listen here gaymer pie. Play Morrowind right now or I'll tell Todd you're neglecting the first game he ever directed or something.

  • @DJPeachCobbler

    @DJPeachCobbler

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tell him what you must, I'm illiterate so I can't read the textboxes

  • @AraiiarA

    @AraiiarA

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DJPeachCobbler Shame... Seriously though, if you haven't tried Elder Scrolls IV, III or even Online, then I think you should. They could give you that feeling Skyrim first gave you, but probably not as strong. Binging through your vids btw, and you're such a hidden gem of a channel ^^

  • @petestratton9843
    @petestratton98432 жыл бұрын

    That last sentiment. That desire to forget it so you can experience it again like you first did. I have felt that so many times. I think that’s what nostalgia is made of, that desire to go back to that first play through, to see it as you once did. It hurts in such a sad way. I’d give anything to go back and play games like Skyrim or FNV, without any memory of my 5 previous playthroughs.

  • @elisivatapueluelu9553
    @elisivatapueluelu95532 жыл бұрын

    The unexpected has always intrigued me. I always loved side stories and random events popping out. It feels so fun and free like the main quest line isnt the only questline

  • @contemporaryconundrums93
    @contemporaryconundrums932 жыл бұрын

    1) It's shallow and repetitive trash good only for one playthrough. 2) Draugr and dragons get really old, really fast. 2) The combat is awful since needing to go to a menu everytime when changing weapons/spells is game breaking.

  • @contemporaryconundrums93

    @contemporaryconundrums93

    2 жыл бұрын

    @8Man Well Cobbler is a certified moron, as exemplified by his Fallout 1 video so it's no wonder he'd consider Skyrim to be a masterpiece lol. I reckon he's also a fan of Last of us 2 and shit like that.

  • @canadaman9373

    @canadaman9373

    2 жыл бұрын

    Suprisingly people can have different opinions than you didpshit i like skyrim i thibk its mediocre and i much more prefer morrowind and oblivion but i still respect his and other peoples opinion

  • @our1980shouse
    @our1980shouse3 жыл бұрын

    You grew up without a console!?!? Were you born in a third world country???

  • @DJPeachCobbler

    @DJPeachCobbler

    3 жыл бұрын

    I should've called CPS. Every child should have an Xbox, I don't know how I coped

  • @localcryptidtypebeat
    @localcryptidtypebeat Жыл бұрын

    the last like hit line a ton of bricks-played it over and over again cause i’ve thought the same thing myself for years but have never had the gall to admit it

  • @Koutchise
    @Koutchise3 жыл бұрын

    I put your Far Cry 3 video on my Watch Later list since I thought the title is so interesting than the rest of what's in my recommendations. Tonight, I found this out of the want of seeing a person talk about Skyrim. It just dawned on me while watching other content here. And then I decided to go for your video. And you know what? I'm glad I did. Thank you for this amazing view of the most pivotal game of my life made by people who I am going all in to enthrall me with their 2 future releases. Get this sub, man. I'm now a fan.

  • @TiredGaming2X69
    @TiredGaming2X692 жыл бұрын

    I have been searching for DragonFable for the longest time, I forgot the name of it and you have brought amazing memories back, thank you.

  • @theonegrulurg8487
    @theonegrulurg84873 жыл бұрын

    This is a masterpiece of content. Thank you for this

  • @matheusstelle4519
    @matheusstelle45192 жыл бұрын

    Bro, i started to play Fallout 1 for the first time (never played any of the others before too), and a little after i found your video and found it hilarious, i gaves me more will to keep playing the game. And earlier this week i got a cupom that i used to play Skyrim in one of steam's promotions, and here i am again. Love your content man! Big thanks from Brazil!

  • @cadinscarzella4542
    @cadinscarzella4542 Жыл бұрын

    Remembered so many memories when I heard the music at the end

  • @panpansax825
    @panpansax8253 жыл бұрын

    Man the youtube algorithm got things right today! Great vid, I remember when I first played Skyrim and got to Whiterun how baffled I was about everything that just happened like seeing a bunch of people fight a Giant and then I arrive safely in this (what seemed to be at the time) huge city protected by walls and guards etc... Then I quicksaved and tried to fight a Guard and was baffled at how hard I got my butt kicked. After getting sidetracked in the game for 4 years I finally finished it and let me tell you I had not forgotten my initial defeat, went back to Whiterun, created a separate save, and I made it rain magical hell on that city for hours just fighting everyone not realizing at first that some characters are unkillable so fighting over and over the same Companions and characters etc... Man that was so god damn fun, that was probably the last time I felt that sens of true adventure, that feeling of freedom knowing that this game could not only tell great stories but also make you create them. Everytime I replayed a new save it was never the same, and sometimes I do plug in my old Xbox to go back to that save and bring havok apon the city. anyway, great video!

  • @pinesteins3885
    @pinesteins38853 жыл бұрын

    Before Skyrim came out, I hadn’t been allowed to play games (nor did I have the resources to), so everything was new. As cheesy as it sounds, I will never forget the first time I walked out of the cave escaping helgen and saw just how enchanting a video game could be. It took me ages to get to riverwood because I didn’t really understand quests and spent hours chasing a fox around or trying to catch butterflies. Ever since then, I have been trying to replicate the magic I felt but I’ve come to accept it will never feel the same. I’ve ran Skyrim into the ground and I’m pretty much done with playing it (for now at least). But I still get that urge to play and I don’t think that will ever go away. Memeing on it was (and still is) fun, but after a while it can be easy to forget it’s value and move on. Especially after critiques become harsher as time passes and the game is dissected entirely. Thank you for making this video, it reminded me why I fell in love with it in the first place.

  • @IIIstaticIII
    @IIIstaticIII3 жыл бұрын

    Oooh that music... Brings back so meny feels

  • @IIIstaticIII

    @IIIstaticIII

    3 жыл бұрын

    I miss playing Skyrim now🥺

  • @ridwanurrahman1967
    @ridwanurrahman19673 жыл бұрын

    That description of your journey to solitude encapsulates everything I love about this game and I have never been able to put it in words. I still remember seeing the blind bandit read the book with nothing written on it and get blown away. You play Skyrim for it's world.. you use mods to make everything else better :p

  • @codyj6505
    @codyj65053 жыл бұрын

    I think the greatest aspect of Skyrim for me is that unlike a lot of games, the best parts of skyrim run unscripted, the little moments in the game when coincidence just happens to line up with what you're doing and something epic is created out of it. I'll never forget my first mage character play-through. I went to a Dwarven Ruin, the one you go to for numerous quests but specifically the Ohma Infinium at one point. I was under leveled to be there but I spammed potions, kited mobs and fought like hell only to just barely clear the dungeon and take the elevator to the top to leave. I walk outside, save my game and hear the horrifying roar of a dragon in the distance. The game's random dragon system made my quest in the ruins feel that much more epic, that much more intense. It made me feel a sense of frustration that I felt my character would feel. Took me a few reloads but I managed to beat the dragon. And now thanks to this video I feel the call of Skyrim again. I'm going to repair my gaming laptop and give the world one last run through.

  • @lokai765
    @lokai7653 жыл бұрын

    knowing all of us around the same times were hudddled on our couches/in our gaming chairs, experiencing skyrim for the first time, warms my heart. A game that will remain forever important in my heart

  • @cmemo6508
    @cmemo65082 жыл бұрын

    god what a beautiful video, you perfectly described why i love bethesda games especially skyrim so much and why there are very few games that emulate the same feeling. you should try outer wilds very similiar in its open world design, also in terms of world design in art direction i really love classic world of warcraft

  • @m_5373
    @m_5373 Жыл бұрын

    I discovered Skyrim in 2013, since then I never stopped playing it!, It always be in my heart ❤️

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